Coronal Loop Workshop XII

Dates: Monday 8 - Thursday 11 June 2026

Location: The Great Hall, Sutherland Building, Ellison Pl, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST

Venue Access: There is a step-free entrance to the side of the building and there is lift access to all floors. More information on building access can be found on our AccessAble pages. 

Registration fees:

 Full conference: £270

 Full conference with dinner: £320

Key Dates: 

 Sunday 15 February 2026, 23:59 GMT - Pre-registration and Abstract Submissions open

 Sunday 15 March 2026, 23:59 GMT - Abstract Submission and Pre-registration close 

 Monday 20 April 2026, 23:59 BST - Applicants will be informed if their submissions have been successful by this date, paid registrations open 

 Monday 25 May 2026, 23:59 BST - Registration close. 

Getting here

Newcastle upon Tyne is home to an international airport and is easily accessible by air, rail and road. 

Delegates travelling by train to the workshop are eligible for a 20% discount on LNER trains - to be sent the discount code, please get in touch. 

More more information about getting here, please click the image below. 

Conference Dinner 

The conference dinner will be held on Wednesday 10 June at The Biscuit Factory, an independent art gallery and restaurant located on the edge of Ouseburn, Newcastle’s cultural quarter. The Biscuit Factory is a short 10 minute walk away from Northumbria University's campus. 

 

 

Workshop Venue

The workshop will be held in the Great Hall in the Sutherland Building, number 27 on the campus map. 

Sutherland Building is a Grade II listed building home to the University's School of Architecture. An accessibility guide for the building is available here.

Click the image below for a virtual tour of the Great Hall. 

Accommodation 

Thanks to our partners at the NewcastleGateshead Initiative (NGI), attendees can take advantage of special, discounted hotel rates across a range of conveniently located city hotels. Don't miss out — view the hotel selection, compare rates, and book now!

 

 

 

The workshop programme is available to download here. 

The workshop abstract booklet is available to download here.

We acknowledge the support from the SPD Thomas Metcalf travel award.           

The recipients of the awards 2026 are

         Dr Shanwlee Sow Mondal (Catholic University, USA)

         Mr Bablu Mandal (Aryabhatta Research Institute, India)

 

Scientific Organising Committee: 

Inigo Arregui (IAC, Spain) 

Will Barnes (American University/NASA GSFC, USA) 

Richard Morton (Northumbria University, UK) 

Nicolas Poirier (Orleans University, France) 

Vanessa Polito (LMSAL, USA) 

Jeff Reep (University of Hawaii, USA) 

Stephane Regnier (Northumbria University, UK – chair) 

Alexander Russell (St Andrews University, UK) 

Seray Şahin (Ardeniz University, Türkiye and BBSO, USA)

 

Local Organising Committee: 

Nikita Balodhi 

Harry Birch  

Luca Franci 

Natasha Jeffrey 

Hidetaka Kuniyoshi  

Richard Morton 

Stephane Regnier (chair) 

Julia Stawarz 

Steph Yardley 

Khurram	Abbas	University of Otago, New Zealand
Patrick	Antolin	Northumbria University
Nikita	Balodhi	Northumbria University
Luka	Banovic	KU Leuven
Luka	Banovic	KU Leuven
Harry	Birch	Northumbria University
Gert	Botha	Northumbria University
Stephen	Bradshaw	Rice University
Yajie	Chen	Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research
Gabriele	Cozzo	Center for Astrophysics Harvard and Smithsonian
Ineke	De Moortel	University of St Andrews
Bart	De Pontieu	LMSAL
Cooper	Downs	Predictive Science Inc.
Caroline	Evans	University of Colorado Boulder
Clara	Froment	LPC2E, CNRS
Erin	Goldstraw	University of Edinburgh
Boris	Gudiksen	RoCS, UiO
Thomas	Howson	Abertay University
Natasha	Jeffrey	Northumbria University
Craig	Johnston	George Mason University/NASA GSFC
Konstantinos	Karampelas	University of Warwick
Adrian	Kelly	CmPA, KU Leuven
James	Klimchuk	NASA-GSFC
Hidetaka	Kuniyoshi	Northumbria University
Nicolas	Le Nestour	LPC2E, CNRS
Bablu	Mandal	ARIES
Helen	Mason	University of Cambridge
Sarah	Matthews
Rebecca	Meadowcroft	University of Warwick
Teodora	Mihailescu	INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma
Qihui	Ming	University of St Andrews
Hemanthi	Miriyala	University of St Andrews
Richard	Morton	Northumbria University
Chris	Osborne	University of Glasgow
Paolo	Pagano	Università degli Studi di Palermo
Hitesh	Paliwal	ARIES
Ritesh	Patel	SwRI Boulder USA
Joseph	Plowman	SwRI
Nicolas	Poirier	LPC2E, CNRS
David	Pontin	University of Newcastle, Australia
Anna	Rankin	University of Lancashire
Pierre	Raynal	Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas
Fabio	Reale	University of Palermo, Italy
Stephane	Regnier	Northumbria University
Mariola	Rozalska	University of Edinburgh
Alexander	Russell	University of St Andrews
Rashmi	Sarwal	University of Sheffield
Samuel	Skirvin	Northumbria University
Shawnlee	Sow Mondal	Catholic University of America/NASA GSFC
Ruhann	Steyn	North-West University
Edris	Tajfirouzeh	Queen Mary University of London
Paola	Testa	Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Vadim	Uritsky	Catholic University of America at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Tom	Van Doorsselaere	KU Leuven
Steph	Yardley	Northumbria University

 

Information about support for students and ECRs to attend the workshop will be available shortly. 

A code of conduct for the workshop will be available here. 

During the registration process, attendees will be asked to adhere to the code of conduct of the conference.

 

For any enquiries about the workshop, please contact coronal.loop12@northumbria.ac.uk